Apparatus for heating tires.



No. 740,064. PATENTED SEPT. 29, '1903. V F. THOMSON.

APPARATUS FOR HEATING TIRES.

APPLIOATION FILED MAR. 20, 190.3. N0 MODEL.

INVENTOR W/TNLfSGZZL M Allarney UNITE STATES A Patented September 29, 1903.

FRANK THOMSON, OF SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA.

APPARATUS FOR HEATING TIRES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 740,064, dated September 29, 1903.

4 Application filed March r1908.

To all whom,- it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK THOMSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Santa Ana, in the county of Orange and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Apparatus for Heating Tires; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention,suchaswillenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to apparatus for heating the tires of vehicles; and it consists in the novel construction and combination of the parts hereinafter fully described an claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of the" apparatus. Fig. 2 is a cross section through. the apparatus. I

A A are two semicircular pipes provided with a series of small holes or perforations b for the passage of oil and gas. These two pipes are secured to a T-socket pipe, and they may be opened and closed to suit tires of dilferent sizes.

B is the oil-supply pipe, which is connected to the T-socket pipe G and which is provided with a regulating valve 0 of any approved construction. The pipe B is connected to an oil-reservoir, which is supplied with any kind of cheap petroleum-oil.

D is a'support for the tire and the apparatus. This support may be built of bricks, and it preferably has a fiat upper surface.

E is a shallow annular trough arranged under the pipes AA, and e represents brackets which project upwardfrom the trough. The pipes A A rest upon these brackets.

F is the tire, which is indicated by dotted lines.

A little oil is first allowed to-fiow into the trough and is ignited. When the pipes AA become hot, the oil-valve is again opened. The oil is-converted into gas in the pipes A Serial No. l48,763. (No model.)

A, and the gas is ignited as it issues from the holes orperforations b, and the tire is heated by these gas-jets.

In order that the two semicircular or curved pipes A may be adjusted to tires of different diameter, they are not connected directly to the T-socket G, which is screwed onto the threaded nipples i. The pipes A A are screwed into the outer ends of the pipes or sockets I, and they are opened and closed by means of the nipples g g, which are revolved so as to adjust the position of the parts connected to them with reference to the T-socket. Double elbow sockets or pipes can be used, if desired, in place of the two sockets H and I,

connected by means of nipples.

What I claim is-- 1. In apparatus-for heating tires, the com-- bination, with an oil-supply pipe, and a T- socket secured to it; of two double-bend sock- .ets adjustably connected with the said T- socket, and curved perforated pipes carried by the said double-bend sockets.

2. In apparatus for heating tires, the combination, with an oil-supply pipe, and a T-' socket secured to it, of adjustable screwthroaded nipples engaging with the ends of the said T-socket, elbow-sockets forming double bends and carried by the said nipples,

and curved perforated pipes carried by the said elbow-sockets.

.In testimony whereof I afl'ix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

' FRANK THOMSON.

' Witnesses:

JOHN N. ANDERSON, H. B. SMITH. 

